Combined cleat and switch for house-wiring.



MAW,

H. R. SARGBNI'. COMBINED OLEAT AND SWITCH FOR HOUSE WIRING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1908. I

HUWA D RMEJARGENt WITNESSEZIIY ATTW.

Patented Mamas, 1910.

To allf'whom it may "concern:

-' UNITED PATE T OFFICE,

HowARn-R'. "sAReENT, or SCHENECTADY, NEw'yoizx, ASSIGNOR 'ro GENERAL Y ELECTRIC. COMPANY, A' CORPORATION or NEW YORK;

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Speclficationbf.LettersPatentQ PatentedMimrQZf),1910.

' Application filedjS eptember 19,1905. Serial No. 453,750.

Be it. known that I, HOWARD R. SARcnxr,

a'citizen' of the United States, residing at Schenectady, count of.New York, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Combined Cleats of Schenectady, 'State .and Switches for House-Wiring, -of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to switches for electric circuits,'and especially to sn'aps'w'itches 'usedin house wiring.

' across the line or in series therewith, as may In the so'-call'ed' clea-t system of wiring buildings for-- electric service, the .insulated conductors are exposed, being'run parallel a .short distance apart and S11 ported at in tervals by transverse cleats o porcelain or other insulating material.

MyL 'nventionaims: to provide snap switch whichman be used in lieu of a cleat, beingconnected With,tl1e conductors in the samemanneras a cleat and having the be necessaryl In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is .a .top plan view of my improved switchcoiinittte'diac'ross the, line; Fig.- 2 isa similar -view-shoWing-.it in-seris with one side'of, the line; Fig. 3 is aside elevation; Fig. 4 is, an

' en'd'elevation, and .Fig. 5 is a the-handle and cover removed.-

plan View with The'lcasing comprises a base 1, made of insulating 1nz'1ter1al-,prefei-'ably' molded porcelain, and a cover-2.1nade of insulating Ina:

terial or metal. .In said casing are located thedine terminal clips 3 and the rotatable switch-blade 4, a spindle 5;.and handle 6 bc- ,-.ing:providedfor rotating said switch blade. and any of the customary-mechanisms for. imparti'n a snap actionto the blade may be employed? I v The base-and cover are preferably circular in plan view, but are provided, preferably at diametricallyoppositepoints, with lugs 7'," 8 whichregister with each" other. In the meeting faces-ofjthetwo sets of h gsare a sirnp'le Fig. 2.

oppositely disposed 3 made transverse grooves 9 which register and form'openmgs 10' when the cover and baseare assembled. These 0 eningsare,

parallel with each other in a p ane parallel with the bpttoin'pf the switch casing. An

additional groove 11 is inade in each lug, 'it-intersects the groove 9 -The groov es 11 1n each pair of lugs reglster and form an opening 12,the,tw'o openings bemg in line extending infrom the end of said lug, until on. a diameter of the casing.

- The line terminals 13 are located at the intersection of the grooves'9, 11, so that the wires'li can be connectedto the switch "either by running thein throu h the openin'gs 10 and removing the insu ation to ermit them to be clamped by the b n mg screws 1-5, or by cutting one "of, the wires,

baring its ends, and inserting them into the opening 12 for engagement with the binding .screws. 'The first method connects the switch across the,.line,as shown in Fig. 1, while :the second method puts it in series with one of the line conductors, as shownin- Thefb ase' containsholes whichf-ardexposed when the cover is removed and receive screws forfastening the switch-to awall or other so port, soythat 'the switch serves 'alsc as a ceat to support the conductors.-

The switch is neat and compact and is easily applied vto a system of ,cleat wiring, either 'newpr old, being readily substituted for a cloat; in an existing system.-. 4

What I clairn as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent otthe United States, is,-: v

1. ,A switch 'having'on-its casing diametrically opposite lugs containing transverse parallel opc'ningsfoi' lineconductors', and intersecting openings lengthwise of said lugs V 2.,A switch having on its base and cover meeting faces'transverse and longitudinal grooves which register and form openings 9o 'ugs containing in their 9s I oppositely disposed lugs containing in their t r with said openings.

meeting faces transverse and longitudinal contacts hziving bifndjng screws iocateci at 10 grooves Which register and form openings the intersection of saittgroovesi to receiv line conductors, and switch coni In witness whereof, I have hereunto set tacts having binding screws located in line my hand this 17th day'of September, 1908.

HOWARD R. SARGENT.

4. A switch hziving on its base a ndfcover I v oppositely disposed lugs containing in their Vitnesses:

meeting faces intersecting transverse and BENJAMIN B. HULL,

longitudinal registering grooves, and switch MARGARETE, WooLLnY. 

